Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-051

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations

Tuesday, July 10, 1973 · 6:10 PM–6:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-051 on Tape 41StartTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 6:10 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 6:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-051 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with the First Lady, Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a formal request to facilitate a telephone conversation between the President and his wife. No policy or administrative matters were addressed during this short exchange.

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Yes, please.

Put your ring, Mrs. Nixon, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-51

Date: July 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 947-19]

     Request for telephone call
          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                                                       -32-

                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on July 10, 1973

947-022 3:17 PM · 4 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:17 pm and 5:20 pm.
947-016 5:20 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:10 pm.
947-017 6:10 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm.
947-018 6:10 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm.
947-019 6:10 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm.
947-020 6:11 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, William P. Rogers, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:11 pm to 6:45 pm.
041-052 6:12 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:12 pm to 6:13 pm.
041-053 6:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 9:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-051, July 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-051 (accessed October 10, 2026).